I’m always amazed at the notion of writing your stuff online, directly on AO3? Why would you do that? I honestly can’t see any advantages, but a whole list of reasons why it’s a bad idea.
The advantage is getting kudos for something you wrote ages ago and seeing your creative expression impact others who share your passions :) lots of folks dont get that much IRL
Oh I read Lumidaub’s question as writing directly into AO3’s editor. Not posting in general. Like why not write into say open office then copy paste into AO3? But that’s how all the fanfic writers I knew did it. Only a few wrote directly into the websites text boxes.
Goodness, I absolutely understand why you’d post your stuff on AO3, I do that too. But there are much better ways to do the actual writing process, even just Windows Editor.
I’m always amazed at the notion of writing your stuff online, directly on AO3? Why would you do that? I honestly can’t see any advantages, but a whole list of reasons why it’s a bad idea.
The advantage is getting kudos for something you wrote ages ago and seeing your creative expression impact others who share your passions :) lots of folks dont get that much IRL
Oh I read Lumidaub’s question as writing directly into AO3’s editor. Not posting in general. Like why not write into say open office then copy paste into AO3? But that’s how all the fanfic writers I knew did it. Only a few wrote directly into the websites text boxes.
You read correctly :)
My sincere apologies for misunderstanding! 🙇
Goodness, I absolutely understand why you’d post your stuff on AO3, I do that too. But there are much better ways to do the actual writing process, even just Windows Editor.